# Incident 19890913065819I: Piper PA44180, Mankato, MN, September 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8322S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8322S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 719 total, 110 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890913065819I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED. PILOT PRACTICING IFR APPROACHES.

## Other reports on N8322S (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991207038699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991207038699I), Dec 7, 1999: Piper PA44180 (N8322S), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. During the landing phase, as aircraft touched down, the left landing gear strut broke off flush with the yoke. The wheel and yoke departed the sircraft and…
- [Incident 19880725037139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880725037139I), Jul 25, 1988: Piper PA44180 (N8322S), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing. Gear safe lights were on. Aircraft had minor damage. Cause undetermined.
- [Incident 19871013059599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871013059599I), Oct 13, 1987: Piper PA44180 (N8322S), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Suspect the gear was inadvertently retracted during gear check on short final.
- [Incident 19840107002839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107002839I), Jan 7, 1984: Piper PA44180 (N8322S), Baltimore, MD, Damage unknown. Unsafe gear light. Gear appeared down in nacelle mirror. Nose gear collapsed landing. Down lock out of adjustment.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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